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Isiah Thomas

Isiah Lord Thomas III

Position: Guard
Height: 6-1    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: April 30, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois
High School: Saint Joseph's in Westchester, Illinois
College: Indiana University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 2000

Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall) of the 1981 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

Game Logs and Splits

Game Logs1993-941992-931991-921990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87Finder
Splits1993-941992-931991-921990-911989-901988-891987-881986-87 

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 20 DET NBA 72 72 2433 453 1068 .424 17 59 .288 302 429 .704 57 152 209 565 150 17 299 253 1225
1982-83 21 DET NBA 81 81 3093 725 1537 .472 36 125 .288 368 518 .710 105 223 328 634 199 29 326 318 1854
1983-84 22 DET NBA 82 82 3007 669 1448 .462 22 65 .338 388 529 .733 103 224 327 914 204 33 307 324 1748
1984-85 23 DET NBA 81 81 3089 646 1410 .458 29 113 .257 399 493 .809 114 247 361 1123 187 25 302 288 1720
1985-86 24 DET NBA 77 77 2790 609 1248 .488 26 84 .310 365 462 .790 83 194 277 830 171 20 289 245 1609
1986-87 25 DET NBA 81 81 3013 626 1353 .463 19 98 .194 400 521 .768 82 237 319 813 153 20 343 251 1671
1987-88 26 DET NBA 81 81 2927 621 1341 .463 30 97 .309 305 394 .774 64 214 278 678 141 17 273 217 1577
1988-89 27 DET NBA 80 76 2924 569 1227 .464 33 121 .273 287 351 .818 49 224 273 663 133 20 298 209 1458
1989-90 28 DET NBA 81 81 2993 579 1322 .438 42 136 .309 292 377 .775 74 234 308 765 139 19 322 206 1492
1990-91 29 DET NBA 48 46 1657 289 665 .435 19 65 .292 179 229 .782 35 125 160 446 75 10 185 118 776
1991-92 30 DET NBA 78 78 2918 564 1264 .446 25 86 .291 292 378 .772 68 179 247 560 118 15 252 194 1445
1992-93 31 DET NBA 79 79 2922 526 1258 .418 61 198 .308 278 377 .737 71 161 232 671 123 18 284 222 1391
1993-94 32 DET NBA 58 56 1750 318 763 .417 39 126 .310 181 258 .702 46 113 159 399 68 6 202 126 856
Career NBA 979 971 35516 7194 15904 .452 398 1373 .290 4036 5316 .759 951 2527 3478 9061 1861 249 3682 2971 18822

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 20 DET NBA 72 72 33.8 6.3 14.8 .424 0.2 0.8 .288 4.2 6.0 .704 0.8 2.1 2.9 7.8 2.1 0.2 4.2 3.5 17.0
1982-83 21 DET NBA 81 81 38.2 9.0 19.0 .472 0.4 1.5 .288 4.5 6.4 .710 1.3 2.8 4.0 7.8 2.5 0.4 4.0 3.9 22.9
1983-84 22 DET NBA 82 82 36.7 8.2 17.7 .462 0.3 0.8 .338 4.7 6.5 .733 1.3 2.7 4.0 11.1 2.5 0.4 3.7 4.0 21.3
1984-85 23 DET NBA 81 81 38.1 8.0 17.4 .458 0.4 1.4 .257 4.9 6.1 .809 1.4 3.0 4.5 13.9 2.3 0.3 3.7 3.6 21.2
1985-86 24 DET NBA 77 77 36.2 7.9 16.2 .488 0.3 1.1 .310 4.7 6.0 .790 1.1 2.5 3.6 10.8 2.2 0.3 3.8 3.2 20.9
1986-87 25 DET NBA 81 81 37.2 7.7 16.7 .463 0.2 1.2 .194 4.9 6.4 .768 1.0 2.9 3.9 10.0 1.9 0.2 4.2 3.1 20.6
1987-88 26 DET NBA 81 81 36.1 7.7 16.6 .463 0.4 1.2 .309 3.8 4.9 .774 0.8 2.6 3.4 8.4 1.7 0.2 3.4 2.7 19.5
1988-89 27 DET NBA 80 76 36.6 7.1 15.3 .464 0.4 1.5 .273 3.6 4.4 .818 0.6 2.8 3.4 8.3 1.7 0.3 3.7 2.6 18.2
1989-90 28 DET NBA 81 81 37.0 7.1 16.3 .438 0.5 1.7 .309 3.6 4.7 .775 0.9 2.9 3.8 9.4 1.7 0.2 4.0 2.5 18.4
1990-91 29 DET NBA 48 46 34.5 6.0 13.9 .435 0.4 1.4 .292 3.7 4.8 .782 0.7 2.6 3.3 9.3 1.6 0.2 3.9 2.5 16.2
1991-92 30 DET NBA 78 78 37.4 7.2 16.2 .446 0.3 1.1 .291 3.7 4.8 .772 0.9 2.3 3.2 7.2 1.5 0.2 3.2 2.5 18.5
1992-93 31 DET NBA 79 79 37.0 6.7 15.9 .418 0.8 2.5 .308 3.5 4.8 .737 0.9 2.0 2.9 8.5 1.6 0.2 3.6 2.8 17.6
1993-94 32 DET NBA 58 56 30.2 5.5 13.2 .417 0.7 2.2 .310 3.1 4.4 .702 0.8 1.9 2.7 6.9 1.2 0.1 3.5 2.2 14.8
Career NBA 979 971 36.3 7.3 16.2 .452 0.4 1.4 .290 4.1 5.4 .759 1.0 2.6 3.6 9.3 1.9 0.3 3.8 3.0 19.2

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 20 DET NBA 72 72 2433 6.7 15.8 .424 0.3 0.9 .288 4.5 6.3 .704 0.8 2.2 3.1 8.4 2.2 0.3 4.4 3.7 18.1
1982-83 21 DET NBA 81 81 3093 8.4 17.9 .472 0.4 1.5 .288 4.3 6.0 .710 1.2 2.6 3.8 7.4 2.3 0.3 3.8 3.7 21.6
1983-84 22 DET NBA 82 82 3007 8.0 17.3 .462 0.3 0.8 .338 4.6 6.3 .733 1.2 2.7 3.9 10.9 2.4 0.4 3.7 3.9 20.9
1984-85 23 DET NBA 81 81 3089 7.5 16.4 .458 0.3 1.3 .257 4.7 5.7 .809 1.3 2.9 4.2 13.1 2.2 0.3 3.5 3.4 20.0
1985-86 24 DET NBA 77 77 2790 7.9 16.1 .488 0.3 1.1 .310 4.7 6.0 .790 1.1 2.5 3.6 10.7 2.2 0.3 3.7 3.2 20.8
1986-87 25 DET NBA 81 81 3013 7.5 16.2 .463 0.2 1.2 .194 4.8 6.2 .768 1.0 2.8 3.8 9.7 1.8 0.2 4.1 3.0 20.0
1987-88 26 DET NBA 81 81 2927 7.6 16.5 .463 0.4 1.2 .309 3.8 4.8 .774 0.8 2.6 3.4 8.3 1.7 0.2 3.4 2.7 19.4
1988-89 27 DET NBA 80 76 2924 7.0 15.1 .464 0.4 1.5 .273 3.5 4.3 .818 0.6 2.8 3.4 8.2 1.6 0.2 3.7 2.6 18.0
1989-90 28 DET NBA 81 81 2993 7.0 15.9 .438 0.5 1.6 .309 3.5 4.5 .775 0.9 2.8 3.7 9.2 1.7 0.2 3.9 2.5 17.9
1990-91 29 DET NBA 48 46 1657 6.3 14.4 .435 0.4 1.4 .292 3.9 5.0 .782 0.8 2.7 3.5 9.7 1.6 0.2 4.0 2.6 16.9
1991-92 30 DET NBA 78 78 2918 7.0 15.6 .446 0.3 1.1 .291 3.6 4.7 .772 0.8 2.2 3.0 6.9 1.5 0.2 3.1 2.4 17.8
1992-93 31 DET NBA 79 79 2922 6.5 15.5 .418 0.8 2.4 .308 3.4 4.6 .737 0.9 2.0 2.9 8.3 1.5 0.2 3.5 2.7 17.1
1993-94 32 DET NBA 58 56 1750 6.5 15.7 .417 0.8 2.6 .310 3.7 5.3 .702 0.9 2.3 3.3 8.2 1.4 0.1 4.2 2.6 17.6
Career NBA 979 971 35516 7.3 16.1 .452 0.4 1.4 .290 4.1 5.4 .759 1.0 2.6 3.5 9.2 1.9 0.3 3.7 3.0 19.1

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1981-82 20 DET NBA 72 2433 14.5 .487 .432 2.5 7.1 4.7 32.6 2.8 0.4 19.2 25.0 98 107 0.0 7.6 8 27 -9.5
1982-83 21 DET NBA 81 3093 18.9 .525 .483 3.5 7.7 5.5 30.3 2.9 0.5 15.6 26.1 105 105 10.7 8.1 19 24 -2.5
1983-84 22 DET NBA 82 3007 20.9 .520 .470 3.5 8.2 5.8 41.5 3.1 0.6 15.4 25.4 111 107 16.6 10.0 27 15 6.0
1984-85 23 DET NBA 81 3089 22.2 .529 .468 3.7 8.7 6.1 47.9 2.8 0.4 15.7 24.0 115 107 21.4 10.7 32 11 10.5
1985-86 24 DET NBA 77 2790 21.2 .554 .498 3.1 7.6 5.3 40.7 2.8 0.4 16.6 24.4 113 108 18.4 8.5 27 13 7.0
1986-87 25 DET NBA 81 3013 18.8 .528 .470 3.0 8.2 5.7 39.3 2.4 0.4 17.8 25.9 107 107 10.9 12.0 23 20 1.5
1987-88 26 DET NBA 81 2927 18.2 .521 .474 2.5 8.0 5.3 35.0 2.4 0.3 15.3 25.4 108 106 11.0 11.4 23 17 3.0
1988-89 27 DET NBA 80 2924 17.1 .528 .477 2.0 8.3 5.3 34.3 2.3 0.4 17.7 24.6 106 105 10.1 13.3 23 14 4.5
1989-90 28 DET NBA 81 2993 17.3 .501 .454 2.8 8.9 5.9 39.4 2.4 0.4 17.8 26.0 104 104 6.0 14.7 21 21 0.0
1990-91 29 DET NBA 48 1657 17.4 .507 .449 2.4 8.7 5.5 42.6 2.4 0.4 19.5 25.2 103 105 3.0 7.1 10 15 -2.5
1991-92 30 DET NBA 78 2918 16.0 .505 .456 2.7 6.9 4.8 31.3 2.1 0.3 15.0 25.3 105 107 6.9 10.8 18 23 -2.5
1992-93 31 DET NBA 79 2922 15.4 .488 .442 2.6 6.4 4.4 35.6 2.2 0.4 16.6 25.1 102 110 4.1 7.4 11 30 -9.5
1993-94 32 DET NBA 58 1750 15.2 .488 .442 2.9 7.3 5.0 36.7 2.0 0.2 18.7 27.0 97 113 0.0 1.2 1 26 -12.5
Career NBA 979 35516 18.1 .516 .465 2.9 7.8 5.3 37.4 2.5 0.4 16.8 25.3 106 107 119.1 122.6 243 256 -6.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1983-84 22 DET NBA 5 198 39 83 2 6 27 35 7 19 55 13 6 23 22 107 .470 .333 .771 39.6 21.4 3.8 11.0
1984-85 23 DET NBA 9 355 83 166 6 15 47 62 11 47 101 19 4 30 39 219 .500 .400 .758 39.4 24.3 5.2 11.2
1985-86 24 DET NBA 4 163 41 91 0 5 24 36 8 22 48 9 3 17 17 106 .451 .000 .667 40.8 26.5 5.5 12.0
1986-87 25 DET NBA 15 562 134 297 10 33 83 110 21 67 130 39 4 42 51 361 .451 .303 .755 37.5 24.1 4.5 8.7
1987-88 26 DET NBA 23 911 183 419 13 44 125 151 26 107 201 66 8 85 71 504 .437 .295 .828 39.6 21.9 4.7 8.7
1988-89 27 DET NBA 17 633 115 279 8 30 71 96 24 73 141 27 4 43 39 309 .412 .267 .740 37.2 18.2 4.3 8.3
1989-90 28 DET NBA 20 758 148 320 32 68 81 102 21 109 163 43 7 72 65 409 .463 .471 .794 37.9 20.5 5.5 8.2
1990-91 29 DET NBA 13 436 60 149 6 22 50 69 13 54 111 13 2 41 41 176 .403 .273 .725 33.5 13.5 4.2 8.5
1991-92 30 DET NBA 5 200 22 65 4 11 22 28 3 26 37 5 0 16 18 70 .338 .364 .786 40.0 14.0 5.2 7.4
Career NBA 111 4216 825 1869 81 234 530 689 134 524 987 234 38 369 363 2261 .441 .346 .769 38.0 20.4 4.7 8.9

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1981-82 20 DET NBA 1 17 5 7 .714 0 0 2 4 .500 1 1 4 3 0 1 1 12
1982-83 21 DET NBA 1 29 9 14 .643 0 0 1 1 1.000 3 4 7 4 0 5 0 19
1983-84 22 DET NBA 1 39 9 17 .529 0 2 .000 3 3 1.000 2 5 15 4 0 6 4 21
1984-85 23 DET NBA 1 25 9 14 .643 3 4 .750 1 1 1.000 1 2 5 2 0 1 2 22
1985-86 24 DET NBA 1 36 11 19 .579 0 1 .000 8 9 .889 0 1 10 5 0 5 2 30
1986-87 25 DET NBA 1 24 4 6 .667 0 0 8 9 .889 2 3 9 0 0 5 3 16
1987-88 26 DET NBA 1 28 4 10 .400 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 1 0 6 1 8
1988-89 27 DET NBA 1 33 7 13 .538 1 3 .333 4 6 .667 1 2 14 4 0 6 2 19
1989-90 28 DET NBA 1 27 7 12 .583 1 1 1.000 0 0 1 4 9 3 0 1 0 15
1990-91 29 DET NBA 0
1991-92 30 DET NBA 1 28 7 14 .500 1 3 .333 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 3 0 15
1992-93 31 DET NBA 1 32 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 4 2 0 2 2 8
Career NBA 11 318 76 133 .571 6 15 .400 27 35 .771 12 27 97 31 0 41 17 185

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1979-80 18 indiana 29 986 154 302 115 149 116 159 423 .510 .772 34.0 14.6 4.0 5.5
1980-81 19 indiana 34 1190 212 383 121 163 105 197 545 .554 .742 35.0 16.0 3.1 5.8
Career 63 2176 366 685 236 312 221 356 968 .534 .756 34.5 15.4 3.5 5.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NBA
1983 NBA
1984 NBA
1985 NBA
1986 NBA
1987 NBA
1988 NBA
1989 NBA
1990 NBA
1991 NBA
1992 NBA
1993 NBA

Awards

1983-84 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1985-86 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1989-90 NBA Finals MVP

Honors

1981-82 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
1982-83 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1983-84 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1984-85 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1985-86 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1986-87 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1981-82 NBA 0.004 (17)
1982-83 NBA 0.005 (16)
1983-84 NBA 0.151 (5)
1984-85 NBA 0.081 (9)
1985-86 NBA 0.036 (9)
1986-87 NBA 0.022 (8)
1987-88 NBA 0.004 (12)
1988-89 NBA 0.001 (17)
1989-90 NBA 0.001 (13)
1990-91 NBA 0.011 (13)

Games

1983-84 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

1982-83 NBA 3093 (1)
 1983-84 NBA 3007 (6)
1984-85 NBA 3089 (5)
Career NBA 35516 (43)
Career 35516 (48)

Field Goals

1982-83 NBA 725 (9)
Career NBA 7194 (48)
Career 7194 (50)

Field Goal Attempts

1982-83 NBA 1537 (6)
1983-84 NBA 1448 (10)
Career NBA 15904 (33)
Career 15904 (37)

3-Pt Field Goals

1982-83 NBA 36 (4)
1983-84 NBA 22 (9)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

1982-83 NBA 125 (4)

3-Pt Field Goal Pct

1982-83 NBA .288 (2)

Free Throws

Career NBA 4036 (55)
Career 4036 (60)

Free Throw Attempts

1982-83 NBA 518 (10)
1983-84 NBA 529 (8)
Career NBA 5316 (56)
Career 5316 (61)

Assists

1981-82 NBA 565 (8)
1982-83 NBA 634 (5)
1983-84 NBA 914 (1)
 1984-85 NBA 1123 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 830 (2)
1986-87 NBA 813 (4)
1987-88 NBA 678 (7)
1988-89 NBA 663 (7)
1989-90 NBA 765 (5)
1992-93 NBA 671 (6)
Career NBA 9061 (6)
Career 9061 (6)

Steals

1982-83 NBA 199 (2)
1983-84 NBA 204 (2)
1984-85 NBA 187 (5)
1985-86 NBA 171 (6)
Career NBA 1861 (14)
Career 1861 (15)

Turnovers

1981-82 NBA 299 (1)
 1982-83 NBA 326 (2)
1983-84 NBA 307 (2)
1984-85 NBA 302 (4)
1985-86 NBA 289 (4)
1986-87 NBA 343 (2)
1987-88 NBA 273 (4)
1988-89 NBA 298 (5)
1989-90 NBA 322 (1)
 1991-92 NBA 252 (5)
1992-93 NBA 284 (2)
Career NBA 3682 (4)
Career 3682 (6)

Personal Fouls

1982-83 NBA 318 (8)
1983-84 NBA 324 (7)
Career NBA 2971 (62)
Career 2971 (72)

Points

1982-83 NBA 1854 (9)
Career NBA 18822 (45)
Career 18822 (49)

Minutes Per Game

1982-83 NBA 38.2 (2)
1984-85 NBA 38.1 (5)
Career NBA 36.3 (53)
Career 36.3 (54)

Points Per Game

Career NBA 19.2 (65)
Career 19.2 (68)

Assists Per Game

1981-82 NBA 7.8 (6)
1982-83 NBA 7.8 (8)
1983-84 NBA 11.1 (2)
1984-85 NBA 13.9 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 10.8 (2)
1986-87 NBA 10.0 (3)
1987-88 NBA 8.4 (7)
1988-89 NBA 8.3 (9)
1989-90 NBA 9.4 (6)
1990-91 NBA 9.3 (6)
1992-93 NBA 8.5 (7)
Career NBA 9.3 (5)
Career 9.3 (5)

Steals Per Game

1981-82 NBA 2.1 (8)
1982-83 NBA 2.5 (4)
1983-84 NBA 2.5 (2)
1984-85 NBA 2.3 (6)
1985-86 NBA 2.2 (6)
Career NBA 1.9 (15)
Career 1.9 (17)

Player Efficiency Rating

1984-85 NBA 22.2 (7)
1985-86 NBA 21.2 (10)

Assist Pct

1981-82 NBA 32.6 (6)
1983-84 NBA 41.5 (4)
1984-85 NBA 47.9 (1)
 1985-86 NBA 40.7 (3)
1986-87 NBA 39.3 (4)
1987-88 NBA 35.0 (7)
1988-89 NBA 34.3 (9)
1989-90 NBA 39.4 (6)
1990-91 NBA 42.6 (3)
1992-93 NBA 35.6 (8)
Career NBA 37.4 (11)
Career 37.4 (11)

Steal Pct

1982-83 NBA 2.9 (9)
1983-84 NBA 3.1 (9)
Career NBA 2.5 (27)
Career 2.5 (30)

Usage Pct

1991-92 NBA 25.3 (10)
Career NBA 25.3 (54)
Career 25.3 (57)

Offensive Win Shares

1984-85 NBA 21.4 (10)

Defensive Win Shares

1989-90 NBA 14.7 (8)
Career NBA 122.6 (55)
Career 122.6 (58)

Win Shares

1984-85 NBA 32 (10)
Career NBA 243 (73)
Career 243 (76)

Loss Shares

1981-82 NBA 27 (3)
1982-83 NBA 24 (7)
1992-93 NBA 30 (3)
1993-94 NBA 26 (9)
Career NBA 256 (10)
Career 256 (10)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 1.000 (30)
  

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1984-85 Detroit Pistons NBA $750,000
1985-86 Detroit Pistons NBA $750,000
1986-87 Detroit Pistons NBA *$750,000
1987-88 Detroit Pistons NBA $750,000
1988-89 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,100,000
1989-90 Detroit Pistons NBA *$1,910,000
1990-91 Detroit Pistons NBA $2,720,000
1991-92 Detroit Pistons NBA $2,960,000
1992-93 Detroit Pistons NBA $2,272,000
1993-94 Detroit Pistons NBA $2,520,000
Career (may be incomplete) $16,482,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).